Yahoo – AFP,
July 16, 2016
Melbourne (AFP) - Thousands of Kate Bush fans put on their best billowy red dresses and danced en masse in Melbourne Saturday to one of the singer's most iconic songs Wuthering Heights.
Kate Bush fans gather to rehearse a dance before performing during a celebration to mark 'The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever', in Melbourne, on July 16, 2016 (AFP Photo/Paul Crock) |
Melbourne (AFP) - Thousands of Kate Bush fans put on their best billowy red dresses and danced en masse in Melbourne Saturday to one of the singer's most iconic songs Wuthering Heights.
They donned
matching red stockings and black wigs to mark The Most Wuthering Heights Day
Ever -- a re-enactment of the British star's classic 1978 debut music video in
which she pirouettes and cartwheels in a misty field.
Bush's distinctive
voice and performance-artâstyle videos gained a global cult
following and in 2013 theatre group Shambush gathered nearly 300 Kate Bushes to
recreate her iconic frolic in the English city of Brighton.
This
inspired the Melbourne event, which has taken on a life of its own with similar
dances also planned Saturday in 21 cities around the world, coordinator Douglas
Leitch said, including Berlin, Oslo, Montreal, Tel Aviv, Amsterdam and
Copenhagen.
"The
whole idea really is just to get toregether and have fun and do our unique
interpretation of the dance," the 44-year-old, who had an overwhelming
response after advertising the day on Facebook, told AFP.
Kate Bush
fans rehearse a dance before performing during a celebration to
mark 'The Most
Wuthering Heights Day Ever', in Melbourne, on July 16, 2016
(AFP Photo/Paul
Crock)
|
He said at
least 800 dresses had been bought for the occasion, with dance classes booked
out across Melbourne as people prepared. Organisers on Saturday estimated
around 2,000 people, young and old, took part.
"It is
such a unique song from a unique artist. It resonates with people and that's
why it's lasted," added Leitch.
"I
don't know if Kate knows it's happening, because she's a bit of a recluse, but
I'm sure she might."
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